Mgr. Jozef Kováčik

Master's thesis

The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism

The Influence of Henry David Thoreau's Writing on the First and Second Waves of Ecocriticism
Abstract:
Tato práce se zabývá vlivem života a díla Henry David Thoreaua na vývoj ekokritiky a ukazuje jeho náležitost k její druhé vlně. Toho je dosaženo pomocí nastavení jiné perspektivy na jeho život před experimentem, ze kterého následně vzniklo jeho nejslavnější dílo Walden, pomocí analýzy výstupů z tohoto experimentu ve vztahu k ekokritickým dílům a také pomocí porovnání dvou vln, které se v ekokritice …more
Abstract:
The thesis discusses the influence of Henry David Thoreau’s life and writing on the development of ecocriticism and demonstrates his relevance to ecocriticism’s second wave. This is achieved by taking a different perspective on his life that lead up to his experiment which consequently became his most famous work Walden, analyzing the outcomes of this experiment in relevance to ecocritical writing …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 5. 2011

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 13. 6. 2011
  • Supervisor: Ph.D. Stephen Paul Hardy

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature

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